Columns Aug 5, 2010 at 4:00 am

Is That What It Takes?

Steven Weissman

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1
Wah, give me a break.
2
Ah, such a wonderful reminder of what your 20's look like. Wait til you get older... people don't think it's funny to be an asshole, guys gain some self respect, and you don't look for love at a bar.
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#2 Santababy FTW!
4
Wait until you're older... then (most) girls don't think it's funny to be assholes, (most) guys develop some self-respect, and you won't go looking for love at a bar.
5
(sorry for the repeat... darn newfangled computers!)
6
maybe if he'd offered her a 20?...
7
Hey wait: you're a fun, genuine, and good-looking girl sitting alone at a bar? What's your number? What's your number? What's your number?

Feel better?
8
Sitting alone is a choice.
You could have reached out to anyone else (unless the place was empty).

Or if you wanted the guy who wanted your girlfriend then you should have just made some moves.
9
You'll all idiots. Him for chasing after someone who clearly wasn't interested. Her for trying to give a fake number instead of having the intestinal fortitude to simply say, "Sorry, I"m not interested", or "Sorry, you're not my type" and ending the conversation. And then there's you, silently hanging around someone hoping he'll be interested. Shit or get off the pot. Tell him you're interested or better yet, move on to someone who shows some interest in you and who isn't so obviously a douche.
10
All alone. You still love him.....don't you.
11
"You'll all idiots" i'm starting a band called yallaidots who wants to join? it's punk fusion folk rap metal. . . Goth
12
Next time flash him some boobie.
13
don't think we'll reach 180 comments this week.

ugh.

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@13 Hey, how about those assholes' wedding last week? Weren't they assholes? What an assholish wedding! I bet lots of idiots were asking for each other's phone numbers at that incredibly assholish wedding. Assholes!
15
Hun, thing is, neither of them have given this a second thought.
16
FAKE
18
I know it's hard to follow up on last week's I, Anon, but damn! This one is a snoozefest!
19
@11, LOL! What in the world was I drinking? I meant to say "You're" not "You'll". Oh well.
20
Darlin', I actually DO sympathise with your frustration and (dare I say it?) pain at being a wallflower while an idiot fawns all over a girl who's acting as though her shit smells sweeter than is typical but trust on this- You dodged a bullet, You did not actually want to so much as share a dance or a drink with this guy. Men (and women) who wallow in being treated shabbily tend to be serious downers if you're a right thinking, down to earth, kind, fun person.
You were, I have no doubt, in far better company on your own than either of the two you describe can claim.
21
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnn.....

Oh, sorry! I must have dozed off for a minute. Could you repeat the question, Archie, Betty, and Veronica?
22
#2 santababy epic fucking win. read no further. if you're reading this, you've gone too far.
23
I'm with MacGruber @12. Flash your boobs, but only if you're prepared to ditch your friend, take the guy home, and screw him silly. @20 is probably right that the guy is a loser, but if you wanted to fuck him, you should have just offered.
24
@21 loooool. Maybe this is the writer trying to test out the newest short for the comic.
25
skip the bars honey.
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Dear Anonymous - I would date you.
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It's inherent with my experience that people (all people) are stupid in some capacity. When these people have general lack of social skills, or desire to discover the truth behind the lie and get drunk they turn into what you saw. Personally. Tell your friend that she needs to be a little more direct with men who flirt with her. Seriously, your friend is a bitch.
28
“So you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die...”
29
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1oDN1wgo…

Can I have it?
30
At that age, I used to give out the number for Dial-a-Prayer.
31
you don't have to come and confess, we're lookin' for you, we gon' find you, we gon' find you! so you can run and tell that, run and tell that, run and tell that, homeboy, home home homeboy!
32
1. Make some new friends.
2. Stop expecting to meet nice guys in bars.
3. Being passive and sitting on a barstool all night instead of circulating and introducing yourself doesn't make you an object of pity, it makes you a tool.
4. Boofuckinghoo.
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@32: 5. Lose some (a lot) of weight so guys will pay attention to you.
34
hilarious
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@32: where the hell does she mention being overweight? trust me, a lot of women go unnoticed by men even if they're skinny. I've seen it.
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@30: HA! You win.
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@27 easier said than done! if you've been direct and gotten angry man response, i.e. "fuck you bitch!" right in your face for a simple, "no thanks, I'm not interested," it makes it a little harder to risk entitlement wrath from a drunken stranger.

*some* men feel a pretty girl "owes" him.

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